When Students Feel Better About Themselves, They Perform Better at School

Converge uses art to meet community mental health needs


Arista Alanis, Road trip #11”, oil on canvas, 6”x6”, 2015

Our Approach

Converge is a Colorado based nonprofit organization that uses art to meet community mental health needs. Our organization blends art and mental health programming to help students navigate anxiety, behaviors, and all varieties of angst.

Our team of therapists and social workers integrate art and mental health tools to create supportive environments for students and educators. Our programming assists schools in creating strategies that help students develop coping skills and emotional regulation techniques; teachers and administrators feel supported and confident; and schools build a culture that promotes wellbeing.

Our Services

Staff Training

Individual Therapy

Clinical Supervision

Mental Health Education

Where We Work

  • “Converge is one of the best of its kind in the world. What distinguishes it is its vision: it intends to include the entire community, and inspire earnest conversations about the big things: beauty, ethics, truth, how we should live. Work like Converge is essential, in its ability to remind us that our differences are small and negotiable, compared to all that we have in common, and that literature is an the most efficient way ever invented to bridge the gaps that exist between us.”

    – George Saunders

  • "I do want to thank you for this good work. Converge has been a true blessing for us this year. The reality of schools is that there is simply very little time for a school counselor to spend any quality time providing any SEL counseling for students. The Converge team has not only filled the void, but has been a really nice fit in our school."

    – Rick Sciacca, School Counselor

  • "Our school staff, casual and rigorous artists alike, partnered with Converge expecting to have fun (and we did!). We didn’t expect to start scribbling poems on old receipts, turning our grocery lists into sonnets, and fantasizing about the cover art for our debut novels. The work (and heart!) of Converge programming is going to resonate with you long after you work with their team."

    – Ellen Murphy, School Administrator

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